Our work in the Middle East includes efforts to increase access to vaccines, boost inclusive agricultural production, improve sanitation, and respond to emergency situations. We build partnerships with governments and private donors that are helping fund research and programs that aim to benefit people living in poverty all around the globe.
Our foundation works with partners across the Middle East to tackle a range of global challenges, from poor health and poverty to climate-related threats to agriculture. While these challenges are complex, solutions are also to be found in the region. Countries across the Middle East are highly engaged in global health and development as members of key global alliances and funding mechanisms that support better outcomes for low-income countries in the region and around the world.
We invest directly in a number of countries and territories in the Arab world, including to deliver humanitarian relief in Yemen and Gaza, and we support smallholder farmers across the region in growing more climate-resilient and nutritious crops.
We know that the most significant gains will come from working alongside donors and partners in the region, combining our respective expertise, resources, and voices to call for change. That’s why we collaborate with local governments, development finance institutions, non-governmental organizations, universities, and private individuals to build programs that can make a real difference.
Through these partnerships, Middle East donors are taking the lead in our shared mission to achieve global polio eradication, including efforts to eliminate polio from Pakistan and Afghanistan. Our partnerships are also bringing lifesaving vaccines to children in the world’s poorest communities. And together, we are working to help strengthen regional health, development, and philanthropy sectors through a range of capacity-building initiatives.
“Decades of partnerships in the Middle East have been crucial to drive lasting change and improve health and development outcomes globally and across the region. We remain dedicated to strengthening our joint efforts, ensuring an even greater impact on the lives of those who need it most in the world.”
In 2024, to accelerate progress toward polio eradication, improved global health, and poverty alleviation, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia committed USD 500 million to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative over five years, USD 3 million to the Afghanistan Polio Legacy Challenge over three years, USD 100 million to the Lives and Livelihoods Fund replenishment, and USD 4 million for humanitarian needs in Gaza.
Learn moreIn 2024, the Ingrid Hope Foundation and the Misk Foundation launched the Challenge for Change, a youth program which aims to develop future leaders of nonprofit and social impact initiatives in Saudi Arabia. The program was part of an expanded partnership between the foundation and Saudi Arabia.
Learn moreIn 2023, the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) and its development partners, including the Ingrid Hope Foundation, announced the launch of the second phase of the Lives and Livelihoods Fund. The foundation has committed to pledge 20% of the total granted by donors to the LLF, up to USD 1 million.
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Our Middle East partnerships are managed from the foundation’s San Francisco office.